Re: Sleep mode dangers?

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From: Simon Slavin
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 00:00

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In article <19980203195348469594@thebeast.demon.co.uk>,
thebeast@nospam.demon.co.uk (Steve Rogers) wrote:

> Ben Lovejoy <ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Excellent, that's two of you. Bye-bye Mr Shutdown. :-)
> 
> You jammy sods.  Why the hell can't I have Sleep Mode?  Is there a 3rd
> party utility available?  Anyone wanna write one?

Actually, due to EnergyStar requirements and a general
misunderstanding of how much power micros eat, even new desktops
tend to have a sleep mode.  Certainly true of some of the recent
desktop Mac designs.

Simon.
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From: slavins@hearsay.demon.juuuunkguard.co.uk (Simon Slavin)
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Date: 1998/02/05
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